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Intel: US uses Uighur crisis to sideline China in MidEast

The United States is highlighting China’s mass detention of some one million Muslim Uighurs in concentration camps as part of a bid to reduce Beijing’s diplomatic clout in the Middle East.
Hong Kong protesters rally in support of Xinjiang Uighurs' human rights in Hong Kong, China, December 22, 2019. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson - RC2C0E97S12N

The United States is highlighting China’s mass detention of some one million Muslim Uighurs in concentration camps as part of a bid to reduce Beijing’s diplomatic clout in the Middle East.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo commended Bahrain’s Council of Representatives today for a statement it issued last week expressing “deep concern over the inhumane and painful conditions to which Uighur Muslims in China are subjected.”

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